‘Major Discovery’ Beneath Antarctic Seas: A Giant Icefish Breeding Colony(nytimes.com)

7 pointsby eigenhombreقبل 5 سنوات4 comments

‘Major Discovery’ Beneath Antarctic Seas: A Giant Icefish Breeding Colony

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/science/icefish-antarctica-eggs-colony.html

4 comments

Fascinating fish

>Icefish blood is colorless because it lacks hemoglobin, the oxygen-binding protein in blood. Channichthyidae are the only known vertebrates to lack hemoglobin as adults.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channichthyidae

derefnullقبل 5 سنوات

Stunning! Now let's leave them alone so they too may pursue life, liberty and happiness

Maursaultقبل 5 سنوات

We can only hope they're toxic to consume, taste horrible, and are somehow not believed to increase virility.

denagoقبل 5 سنوات

i wonder how long til we fuck it up now that we’ve found it